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French Sugar Beet Pesticide Exemption Halted By EU Ruling

France's plans to allow sugar beet farmers to continue using a banned pesticide for another year have been halted by a European Union court decision exclud...

Britain-Northern Ireland Trade Grew In 2021 Despite Brexit Checks

The value of goods and services moving to Northern Ireland from Britain posted annual growth of 7% in 2021 to reach a record £14.4 billion ($17.9 bil...

Freshfel Europe Calls For Non-Discriminatory Packaging Rules For Fresh Fruit And Vegetables

Freshfel Europe has called on decision-makers to enact 'sustainable and functional harmonised packaging rules' for fresh fruit and vegetables in the EU.

Cocoa Sustainability Efforts Will Fail Without Living Wage For Farmers: Report

Environmental and social problems in global cocoa supply chains are likely to continue unless companies pay farmers substantially more for t...

EU Postpones Decision On Common Nutrition Label Until 2023

Instead of the end of 2022, the decision on the proposed EU regulation on the common nutrition label has been postponed until the second quarter of 2023, a...

Food Waste In The EU Amounted To 127 Kilograms Per Person In 2020

The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic accounted for food waste to the tune of 127 kilograms per person in the EU, the latest data from Eurostat has unvei...

EU Maize Yield Forecast Cut Again, Sowing Seen Favourable

The European Union's crop monitoring service MARS reduced further its forecast for this year's drought-affected EU maize harvest but pointed to mostly favo...

Philip Morris Sweetens Buyout Bid For Swedish Match

Marlboro maker Philip Morris International Inc has raised its buyout offer for Swedish Match AB in a last-ditch effort to get shareholder support for its $...